Trail of Stones - FEATS 2014

About the performanceThe 12 poems/monologues are written from the different perspectives of characters from well-known fairy-tales. Whether it is a princess waking from a hundred years of sleep, an evil Queen still bent on revenge or a wolf, convincing himself of having taken the right path,all the characters are compelled to turn inwards. It is the moments of reflection, self-doubt or denial that offer up opportunities for self-revelation and transformation. They have entered the dark wood - but will they ever get out again? The poems are written in the first person, with the psychological insight of the 21st Century, and that gives them an immediacy and reality that speaks to us about ourselves.

The title of the poems are listed here with the Fairy tales they were inspired from.

Their father - Hansel and Gretel

Confessions of a witch - Snow white

The seventh dwarf - Snow white

The Prince - Rapunzel

The waiting wolf - Red Riding Hood

Cinderella - Cinderella

Bluebeard - The legend of Bluebeard

Fox-woman - Fox woman

The Frog Princess - The Frog Princess

Her Shadow - Rumpelstiltskin

The Beast - Beauty and the Beast

Sleeping - Sleeping Beauty.

A selection of these will be presented during the Fringe of the 2014 FEATS festival.

Comment on the monologues by the directorRuth Armstrong was inspired to direct these poems as monologues because the ESOC Theatre group was looking for something 'special' to celebrate their 25th Anniversary with. The poems have always presented themselves to her theatrically when she read them and she has owned the book - illustrated by Anthony Browne - for many years. Having read and re-read them many times she was discovering more each time!

About the director
Ruth Armstrong is an experienced secondary school teacher of English and Theatre Arts. She has lived in Germany for 15 years now and currently works part time in a Kindergarden in Darmstadt. She has been a member of the ESOC Theatre group for many years and has performed in as well as directed plays with the group.

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ABOUT US

Founded in 1988, The ESOC Theatre Group is a non-profit social organisation, part of the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) of the European Space Agency (ESA), located in Darmstadt, Germany.

Our goal is to provide the background for our members to practice theatre arts as a hobby and to make theatre in the English language available to an international community of enthusiasts in and around Darmstadt.

The main activities of the ESOC Theatre Group are the production of public amateur theatre plays, play reading sessions, workshops, theatre trips and other theatre related activities.

The ESOC Theatre Group has currently around 50 members of many nationalities.

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